Research policy

NHMRC is the key driver of health and medical research in Australia. Aside from funding, we advise the Australian Government and facilitate networking in the research community by bringing academics and industry together. We build commercial literacy among researchers and help them protect intellectual property.

Targeted Call for Research into Healthy Ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Targeted Call for Research into Healthy Ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

The aim of implementing this call is to provide funding for rigorous, culturally-informed research into improving the health and experiences of ageing in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Quality evidence generated from research will allow for better planning, funding and implementation of policies and services to achieve and support healthy ageing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This Targeted Call for Research (TCR) responds to NHMRC’s priorities as outlined in the NHMRC Corporate Plan 2017-2018. The need to ‘improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ has been identified as a major health issue. This TCR follows a public call for research priorities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health conducted in 2016.

The TCR also addresses the research priority of healthy ageing raised during the national consultations to develop Road Map 3: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research, due to be launched in July 2018.

Research policy

NHMRC is the key driver of health and medical research in Australia. Aside from funding, we advise the Australian Government and facilitate networking in the research community by bringing academics and industry together. We build commercial literacy among researchers and help them protect intellectual property.